The present paper aims to consider how Plotinus criticizes Parmenides’ onto- logical monism, from an essentially Platonic perspective, especially on the basis of his own interpretation of the fr. 3 DK on the identity of being and thought. According to Plotinus, in the intelligible world (the hypostasis of Noûs), being and thought are connected to each other in a dynamic identity. In agreement with what Plato states in Sophist, and similarly to Plotinus, Proclus conceives the intelligible reality as something intrinsically living and alive. In their Neoplatonic perspective the relations being-thought and identity-difference play an essential role. The nature of these relations can indeed be considered an original and fundamental ontological question.
Plotino erede e interprete critico di Parmenide. La relazione tra essere e pensiero alle origini della riflessione ontologica occidentale
Michele Abbate
2020-01-01
Abstract
The present paper aims to consider how Plotinus criticizes Parmenides’ onto- logical monism, from an essentially Platonic perspective, especially on the basis of his own interpretation of the fr. 3 DK on the identity of being and thought. According to Plotinus, in the intelligible world (the hypostasis of Noûs), being and thought are connected to each other in a dynamic identity. In agreement with what Plato states in Sophist, and similarly to Plotinus, Proclus conceives the intelligible reality as something intrinsically living and alive. In their Neoplatonic perspective the relations being-thought and identity-difference play an essential role. The nature of these relations can indeed be considered an original and fundamental ontological question.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
